Title :
Application of amplitude histograms to monitor performance of optical channels
Author :
Hanik, N. ; Gladisch, A. ; Caspar, C. ; Strebel, B.
Author_Institution :
Deutsche Telekom AG, Berlin, Germany
fDate :
3/4/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel method for performance monitoring of transparent optical systems, based on the evaluation of amplitude histograms generated by asynchronous sampling, is investigated experimentally. The method was found to detect signal degradations due to noise, crosstalk or pulse distortion with a high sensitivity
Keywords :
digital communication; error statistics; monitoring; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical noise; telecommunication channels; BER; amplitude histograms; asynchronous sampling; bit error rate; crosstalk; digital optical signals; noise; optical channels; performance monitoring; pulse distortion; signal degradations detection;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19990306
